Rugao bonsai originated in the Song Dynasty. Jiangsu Travel Guide says: "Jiangsu is one of the cradles of bonsai art in China. As a 500-year-old bonsai.
The Legacy of Qin and Han Dynasties by Cooper Dui of Su School includes the Ming bonsai An Umbrella by Yang School, and the large bonsai of Six Dynasties by Rugao in Song Dynasty. It is pale, and Gu Zhuo's style is meaningful, which makes people stop to stare and linger. "
"Six Dynasties cypress", commonly known as "Six Dynasties pine", is actually a kind of ancient cypress, which has been used as ornamental leaves in front of Yuxiang Temple, such as the ink painting garden in the city for more than 800 years. In addition, there are three pots of cypress trees in the Song Dynasty, each with "antlers", which were collected by Rugao People's Park more than 900 years ago.
Modelling technique
Rugao stump bonsai requires white height, such as pine, cypress, elm, plum, beech, cypress, boxwood and snow. Modelling technique mostly uses brown silk binding, paying attention to fine binding and fine cutting. The brown method is quite exquisite, and the trunk is tied into an "S" shape, with one left and one right, commonly known as "one bend and a half" and "two bends and a half", and a few are "three bends and a half". The top of the tree is tied into a semicircle, circle or fan shape, which is called "bangs" or "wishful" when leaning forward. Branches and short films are suitable, well-organized, and have a sparse and impenetrable state.
Unique furniture
The furnishings of Rugao bonsai are unique and interesting. In addition to the "lion-squatting style" in which two pots are placed in pairs, there is also a discussion about "Tang", which is the only one in China. According to the odd numbers of 5, 7 and 9, it is called "Tang". For example, there are five pots with "Wen Shu" in the middle and two and a half bends or one and a half bends on both sides, which are paired with each other. When matching 7 pots, on the basis of 5 pots, add a pot and a half on both sides. The whole "hall" landscape is full of interest. "Wen Shu" looks very lonely, with two and a half bends on both sides like a prince, like a maid, like a guest; One bend and a half is like a woman waving colorful sleeves and dancing, like the state of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.
Suk Mun
"Wen Shu" is made according to the painter Ni Yunlin's painting conception, and its shape is unique. In addition to Liu Haiding, there is a 1-3 jacket in front of the trunk, which is called "holding the child in your arms" or "going to court", with distinct layers and artistic conception. "Wu" consists of two and a half bends and one and a half bends, which is called "five drifts in literary warfare". Draw a variety of figures according to the arch back, the angle of inclination from left to right and the length of clouds. "One bend and a half" is also bent at the junction of one bend and a half, so that the torso forms a backward bow posture. At the first corner, the cloud sheet on the upper side of the arch back is called "positive sheet", which is in the headwind direction, while the "negative sheet" is in the downwind direction. The negative film is long, symbolizing a person's arm, while the positive film is short, which is a person's other arm. The top of the basin is still bangs, and foot photos are required. "Two bends and a half" shows that the wind is slightly less than that of one bend and a half, the center of gravity of the stump is lower, the inclination of the trunk is not great, and its artistic conception is more solemn and luxurious than that of one bend and a half.
Rugao bonsai, like wordless poems and three-dimensional paintings, has the characteristics of shrinking into a dragon and seeing the big from the small. Rugao bonsai pays attention to clouds, rainy feet, beautiful waist, bangs and chicken feet, and has four artistic conceptions of wind, rain, snow and dew. There is a cloud: "Rugao bonsai is characterized by leaning left and standing right, straight top, antique stems, colorful and magnificent." Especially finch tongue and arhat pine are the most beautiful. The leaves are rich in color, beautiful in plant shape and elegant in leaves, which is an artistic masterpiece of courtyard and hall furnishings.
development prospect
Ten years of catastrophe, Rugao bonsai died in spring. 1986, China participated in the 5th International Flower Expo held in Genoa for the first time, such as Rugao 17. It was in the second half of 2008 in Peshawar, Italy, that a pot of Podocarpus in Rugao won the gold medal, which was the first gold medal in Jiangsu bonsai. 1988 In the spring, Hua's "Deep Shade" tiger thorn bonsai won the first prize in Hong Kong. 1987 in may, manager Hua of Rugao green garden was invited to give lectures in Italy, which attracted the attention of many countries in western Europe and the world, and formed a strong China bonsai fever in Italy, laying the foundation for Rugao bonsai to go global.